A Rope-In Case

London: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0090898109 . Dustjacket shows some wear to extremities, previous owner's name on front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Wraparound jacket art by Douglas Hall with B&W illustrations throughout. ; 8.27 X 5.20 X 0.79 inches; 192 pages; "'When I had first come to the Hebrides, Morag, my landlady, had advised me always to "take a rope - in case," . . . Over and over I had proved its usefulness. I might need it to catch a calf or a sheep; to carry a bundle of hay to the cow or a can of paraffin from the grocer; to tie a bundle of driftwood I had collected, or a sack of peat; to secure a boat; make a temporary repair to a sagging fence or a halter for a horse . . . Excepting when they were going on holiday or to church, the Bruach crofters were rarely without a length of rope, either coiled around an arm or protruding from a pocket.' The fourth of Lillian Beckwith's books on her life on Bruach, A Rope - In Case is packed with hilarious stories and delightful characters. Yet it is never sentimental - always observant." .